REWRITE THE STARS ― doctor who ||ON HOLD||

tooth and claw ; part two

Chapter Six : Tooth and Claw

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"THEY CAME THROUGH THE HOUSE," the maid explained, a frightened look on her face. Rose grabbed her hands gentle and Claudia watched her carefully. That familiar feeling tickled the back of her neck. Something was wrong. "In the excitement they took the Steward and the Master, and my Lady."

"Listen. I've got a friend. He's called the Doctor. He'll know what to do. You've got to come with me."

Claudia agreed half-heartedly, glancing around the room. She stood up quickly, walking to the doorway, trying to tune out Rose and the maid's conversation. Flora, she heard softly. That was the young woman's name.

Claudia opened the door slowly, checking to see if it was clear before gesturing for Rose and Flora to follow behind her. She tugged her knife from it's holster under her jacket and readied it in her hand. The Doctor would probably be upset if she wound up hurting anyone -- but at the cost of Rose? She had a feeling he'd forgive her.

Upon turning the corner, Claudia noticed a soldier's body on the floor and stood straighter, now on high alert. She bent down to check the man's pulse -- he was still alive, thankfully -- but heard Flora let out a strangled scream behind her. Immediately, she jumped back up and pushed herself against the wall, knife held in front of her defensively.

If they couldn't sneak behind her, she could easily get them front the front.

Rose was snatched by someone else and Claudia glanced to the left, spotting nothing, but she felt something to her right and stabbed the person immediately. A groan emitted from the man, one of the monks, and she dug her knife harder. She switched positions, her back now facing the empty hallway.

"You like to grab defenseless women? Well, I like beating creepy bald-headed monks, so this seems like a match made in heaven," she goaded.

He sneered at her, glancing behind her, but she saw it coming and ducked before the second man could grab her. She kicked his legs from under him and he toppled to the ground, glaring at her.

The first man took the knife from his side where she'd injured him and dropped it to the ground. It fell with a loud clanking noise, blood splattering the floor next to her. She looked between the two men, standing up and moving backwards quickly as the second man got up with ease.

Holding up her arms into fists, she smirked at the pair.

"Oh, this is good, I've been itching for a fight."

They lunged at her simultaneously, hoping to overpower her, but she grabbed the first man's hands, twisting them with ease, hard enough for an echoing snapping sound to ring through the halls. At the same time, she kicked back the second man, enough for him to stumble. The first man's face twisted in pain but he didn't cry out, and she sent him flying backwards with a kick to the chest, narrowly dodging the second man's punch.

"Keep trying, baldy, this is only making me day better."

The man threw another punch, then a kick, which she didn't avoid in time and she stumbled back, the wind knocked out of her. She looked up as he marched towards her quickly, sending a punch in his direction.

His head reared to the left but he recovered easily enough, sending two punches to her face, busting her lip open. She felt the blood drip down her chin and she cursed, sending him a haughty look.

"Really? The face?"

He sent another punch in her direction but she dodged, not expecting him to kick her again. She fell back with a loud groan and he looked down at her.